Friday, October 14, 2011

Spanish Shoe Brands: Pedro Garcia

http://pedrogarcia.com/
Amazing boots with butterfly detail

Zelda sandals with Swaroski details


Zapateros = shoemakers...that is how the Pedro Garcia brand define themselves. They are now the 3rd generation of this family of shoemakers. Their grandfather, Pedro Garcia, started the business in 1925 in Elda, Alicante (Spanish province famous for making shoes). In 1954, the second Pedro Garcia expanded the firm, by 1968 the brand was being exported to the world's main markets, sold in Bergdorf Goodman, Russell&Bromley, etcetera. Today, the the third Pedro and his sister, Mila, are the latest generation of this brand...Pedro and his partner, Dale has taken the company to the realm of Experimental luxury. They create hybrid models from opposed concepts, always looking one step beyond. Welcome to Pedro Garcia's world!


fantastic glitter flats

SJP wearing PG's

Mary-Kate Olsen wearing platforms from PG 




Ashley Olsen 
The fabulous Julianne Moore wearing Rita platforms by PG

Cate Blanchett wearing PG thong sandals

SJP, we know, she is a fan of great shoes!



http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/templates/P9.jhtml?itemId=cat16860758


Tuesday, October 11, 2011

shoess...

http://www.christianlouboutin.com/#/total_madness
The DesignerHis inspiration: "I wanted to create something that broke rules and made women feel confident and empowered"
VB




Christian Louboutin are the real world shoes since 1991 when the French shoe designer launched his label. The red-lacquered soles have become his signature, he fought against Yves Saint Laurent for this and lost. 

Jennifer Lopez



They all wear Louboutins!!!

to be continued....


Sunday, October 9, 2011

The Stiletto: Manolos, Louboutins, Jimmys...


Jimmy Choo, born Choo Yeang Keat, was born in Penang (Malaysia) into a family of shoemakers. He is now known for founding Jimmy Choo Ltd. He made his first shoe when he was just 11. His beginning can be traced to Hackney in 1986, his craftsmanship and designs were soon noticed and in 1988 Vogue did 8 pages on his creations. In 1996 he co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd with British Vogue magazine accessories editor Tamara Mellon. In 2001 he sold his 50% stake. The company has built up an extremely loyal, star-studded clientele since the launch of the label.






Manolo Blahnik, born and raised in The Canary Islands (Spain), after graduated in the University of Geneva, he moved to Paris to study art. In 1968, moved to London and started to work at fashion boutique Zapata and starts also writing to Vogue Italia. After showing his portfolio of designs to Diana Vreeland (Harper's Bazaar and Vogue Editor), she tells him to design only shoes...and so he does...He buys Zapata boutique and starts his own. In the 70s he turned back his attention to the stiletto heel, which has remained the brand's mainstay to this day. Manolo Blahnik shoes have rapidly become a symbol of pure classical style for the 21st century; even more with Sex and the city main character: Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah J.Parker) loves the Manolos shoes...
SJP wearing manolos









Tyra Banks, Diane Kruger, Kate Moss, they all wear Manolos...
Monsieur Manolo Blahnik

and more on shoes this week...

Friday, October 7, 2011

Lunares lunares lunaresss/// Polka dots dots dots dots



Yakoi Kusama, Japanese artist known by her obsession of vast fields of polka dots, she is the perfect opening for this post today!
La japonesa Yakoi Kusama, que ha expuesto recientemente en Madrid es nuestra perfecta anfitriona para abrir el post de hoy sobre los lunares.

Yayoi Kusama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq0LXh3sais&feature=related


Yayoi Kusama
http://www.yayoi-kusama.jp/e/information/index.html
Keira Knightley

Olivia Palermo

Sarah J.Parker
So, Polka dots are the new trend for autumn winter, we have worn it in summer and it goes on!!
¡¡¡Tenemos lunares para rato!!!
January Jones wearing trendy palazzo pants

Even Adidas has launched a pair of polka dots sneakers!!
¡Incluso Adidas ha sacado esta línea de zapatillas!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Spanish Fiesta, Flamenco y Oolé!!

El Gran Toro Osborne que forma ya parte de la geografía española. The Great Osborne Bull, part of the Spanish Landscape
Hemingway in Spain, great lover of the fiesta,  as shown in one of his famous books: "The Sun Also Rises". Ernest Hemingway en España, reconocido amante de la fiesta, como muestra de ello uno de sus famosos libros "Fiesta".

http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/07/04/specials/hemingway-afternoon.html

El flamenco, un estilo nacido, se cree, en la Andalucía del siglo XVIII, aunque no se conoce del todo su origen. Tras la Guerra de Independencia en 1812 se impone en la sociedad española un fuerte sentimiento de orgullo racial y es en ese ambiente donde se impone la moda cañí:  la eclosión de las escuelas taurinas de Ronda y Sevilla, el auge del bandolerismo y la fascinación por lo andaluz manifestado por los viajeros románticos europeos, fueron conformando el costumbrismo andaluz, que triunfó en la corte madrileña. El flamenquismo, definido por la Real Academia Española como la "Afición a las costumbres flamencas o achuladas", es un cajón de sastre conceptual donde caben el cante flamenco y la afición a los toros, entre otros elementos castizos españoles. 
Flamenco, a style born, it is believed, in the eighteenth century in Andalusia (South of Spain), although its origin is not completely known. After the War of Independence in 1812 in Spanish society imposes a strong sense of racial pride, and it is in this environment where gypsy fashion prevails: the emergence of bullfighting schools in Ronda and Seville, the rise of banditry and fascination of the Andalusian romantic travelers were shaped the Andalusian customs, which triumphed in the Madrid Court. The Flamenquismo, defined by the Royal Spanish Academy as the "taste for customs flamencas or pimp" is a catchall concept which fit the flamenco and bullfighting aficionados, among other things pure Spanish.


Galliano vestido de torero mostrando sus raíces españolas (padre gibraltareño y madre española, y profesora de flamenco). Galliano showing his Spanish roots (Gibraltarian father and Spanish mother who has a flamenco teacher)

 Christian Dior

Desfile en Sevilla moda flamenca. Seville: Flamenco show.
This video a tribute to the greatest Enrique Morente, he was perhaps the most influential contemporary flamenco singer, who not only innovated, but it could also can be said that he created tradition. Enrique Morente, quizás, el cantaor flamenco más importante de la era contempóranea por su estilo innovador pero también por sus creaciones tradicionales:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncgvdoL6xno


Traje de novia de Victorio & Lucchino con reminiscencias de la tierra sevillana. Wedding dress by the Andalusian Designers Victorio & Lucchino.

Galliano inspired by flamenco dancers in one of his shows. (2003). Galliano claramente inspirado por sus raíces en uno de sus shows en el 2003.


El siempre controvertido pero fabuloso diseñador. Always controversial, but always fabulous. Mr Galliano.